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Scabling
- - A fragment or chip of stone.
Scabrous
- adjective - dealing with salacious or indecent material; "a scabrous novel"
- rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
Scaffold
- noun - a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
- a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
- provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"
Scalable
- adjective - capable of being scaled; possible to scale; "the scalable slope of a mountain"
Scalages
- noun - estimation of the amount of lumber in a log
- the act of scaling in weight or quantity or dimension
Scalaria
- - Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.
Scalawag
- noun - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
- one who is playfully mischievous
Scalding
- verb - burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"
- heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk"
- subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"
- treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled"
Scale Up
- verb - increase proportionally; "scale up the model"